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I admit I feel most unsafe when I feel like I don't have control. Maybe that makes me a control freak but I have built my life around creating a safe environment for myself. I ...

Black-Owned businesses deserve your support. Currently, there is a wave of support for black-owned businesses, but I try to support black at all times. Whether it be small business started by old school mates or ...

My 5th-time feature in PEOPLE Magazine is a great way to start 2020. This year I have been featured in the regular yearly edition of PEOPLE Magazine's Half Their Size issue. This makes 5! An ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR & HAPPY NEW DECADE I have a few lessons, a few affirmations, and a few realizations to share with you. With a new year comes a new age - I don't mind getting ...

Tip 1 - Prep Ahead If the devil is in the details, then god is in the prep! Half of my cooking is done the night before any event. The chopping, peeling, washing and most of ...

I'm EXCITED! I've done it again. This year I listened. I took some time to read through comments, reviews and surveyed a few loyal followers and I created a new masterpiece that I hope proves more ...

HELLO 2019 - be GOOD to me. Each year I make a new years resolution list & each I don't look at again until it's time to write a new one. My resolutions don't change much and ...

Koh Sumoi, Thailand Last spring while in Thailand I sampled, then obtained some gorgeously spicy peppers. When I say obtained - I mean I stole them right off the plate the waiter gave me. He had ...

Healthy Lifestyle The struggle is really getting real. I don't think I look or feel my true age - but I don't feel 22 either. Health has been a priority for the past 15 years, but only within ...

Thailand was amazing. I literally could end this post just with that broad exclamation but that would do my experience a vast injustice.  One day I woke up and simply said to myself "I want to ...

If you're always prepared, you never have to get ready. When People Magazine asked me for a 3rd time if I was a still in shape and willing to share my story in a "Half their size" ...

What a year it has been for the world. No matter the effects of the influences we can not control in the plural, we never lose the ability to grow as individuals. This year I am ...

With a week left in 2016 and the holidays here I want to give you guys a gift of the most useful, slight obsessions I've had this year. This list, in no particular order is comprised of ...

Web Designer by day, Life Designer by night. Ever wondered what I do for a living?#FedEx created this amazing video detailing eCommerce from start to finish. Check for my cameo at 3:05 - Questions? Just ask, ...

Officially 35, I'm claiming success on adulthood thus far but, truthfully speaking - i'm also claiming a bit of fright. I'll explain, I believe a healthy dose of fear is necessary at times to discomfort you. While fear can ...